Learn Bitcoin Basics vs Gobi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learn Bitcoin Basics
Learn the fundamentals of Bitcoin through simple, easy-to-understand lessons. This app breaks down complex topics into bite-sized explanations, making Bitcoin accessible to everyone. Track your progress and build a learning streak as you gain confidence.
- Bite-sized 5-minute lessons
- Plain English explanations
- Real-world examples
- Built-in glossary
- Progress tracking
- Learning streaks
- No account required
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Learn Bitcoin Basics from scratch — in plain English, at your own pace. No tech skills needed. No confusing language. Just clear, friendly lessons that explain how Bitcoin works, why it matters, and how to use it safely. Why Bitcoin Basics? • Learn at your own pace with bite-sized 5-minute lessons • Real-world examples, no confusing tech-speak • Built-in glossary — tap any term for a simple explanation • Track your progress and build a learning streak • Start free — no account required What you'll learn: • What Bitcoin really is (and isn't) • How Bitcoin works behind the scenes • Wallets, keys, and how to stay safe • Mining, security, and why Bitcoin can't be hacked • How Bitcoin affects your money and financial future • The full story of Bitcoin, from the 9-page paper to today Whether you're Bitcoin-curious or ready to buy your first satoshi, Bitcoin Basics meets you where you are. Learn like a friend is sitting next to you. From Bitcoin Basics — making Bitcoin education accessible. Start your first lesson free. Your journey to understanding Bitcoin begins today.
Gobi
Practice trading with virtual money and an AI coach that explains market dynamics. Learn how markets work and build trading habits without risking real funds. Track simulated trades and understand their impact on your virtual account.
- Virtual practice account
- Simulated long and short trades
- AI coach for explanations
- Track virtual balance and history
- Review order details
- Share trade notes
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Gobi is a trading simulator. You practice with virtual money on a real exchange engine, so trades behave like the real thing: you feel real fees, funding, and liquidations, without any real money at risk. Most trading games leave fees, funding, and liquidations out, and teach habits that fail in real markets. Gobi keeps them in and simulates them at true cost, so the real thing never surprises you later. Also known as paper trading, it is made for people who want to learn how markets work and build trading habits before any real money is involved. Set up a virtual practice balance, place simulated long and short trades, and see how position size, stop-losses, fees, funding, and liquidation can affect a practice account. Ask Gobi what changed your paper account and what to look at next. Nothing is real: there are no deposits, no withdrawals, and no real orders. What you can do in Gobi: - Create a paper account with virtual practice funds. - Place simulated long and short trades. - Review order details before confirming a simulated trade. - Ask Gobi to explain your positions, charts, and active markets in plain language. - Track paper positions, virtual balance, and practice account history. - Learn why a trade changed your paper account. - Share paper trade notes with friends in DMs and the community feed. - Use report and block controls on social surfaces. Ask Gobi: Ask Gobi explains your simulated positions in plain language, walks through charts, points out active markets, and can help you set up a practice trade. You always confirm before anything happens. It is a learning aid, not financial advice or trade signals. Gobi does not support deposits, withdrawals, real-money trading, real orders, or conversion of virtual balances into real-world value. All balances, orders, fills, PnL, invite credits, rewards, rankings, and trade cards in this build are simulated practice data. No real orders are routed and no real money is at risk. Gobi is for education and practice only. It does not provide financial advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gobi at none against Learn Bitcoin Basics's 1. Gobi also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (19 vs 3). Learn Bitcoin Basics's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Learn Bitcoin Basics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gobi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gobi holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gobi has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Learn Bitcoin Basics ships an update every 3 weeks, Gobi every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Learn Bitcoin Basics | Gobi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amy Naff | Arca Research, Inc. |
Customer experience
Learn Bitcoin Basics
Gobi
In-app purchases
Learn Bitcoin Basics
- Lifetime Unlock$9.99
Gobi
No in-app purchases
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